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Garth Johnston
Published Jul 30, 2006
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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First, Rectangles closed and becomes a North Fork Branch, now this. The Post gets the props for being the first to break that the former Second Avenue Deli is going to be filled by another Chase bank branch. Earlier in the month the Villager ran with the story that the Deli was going to be filled by dental-chain Vital Dent and a food space. But that contract wasn't signed then, and we guess it fell through. This deal sounds better for the landlord at least. Now instead of splitting into two spaces, it looks like Chase is going to fill up the entire Deli space and the newsstand next door. Though the Post reports the contract was signed on Wednesday, they don't mention if the bank will be paying the $33,000 monthly rent that "forced" the Deli out. We suspect they will.
But we wonder how many locations Chase needs in such a small area. There are now as many Chase locations within spitting distance of Astor place as there used to be Gaps - and we all saw how that worked out. And that's not even including all the Chase ATMs in Duane Reede...
Minivan taxi in front of the former Second Avenue Deli by Triborough via Contribute.
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